[Leaplist] low end SoHo wifi router/ritter as Bryan likes to call them

[Bryan J. Smith]

Jesse --

I will very much advocate Trendnet.

Of course, if you buy the $5 after rebate 'Ritter from Trendnet, it will
suck just as bad as the $15 after rebate 'Ritter from Belkin, DLink, etc...
I know, I've had the $5-15 ones and they suck, hard, in general.

I use several Trendnet APs (aka "Router Upgrade") without issues at all.
I lock them down so they only support AES (no WEP, TKIP, etc...).
I also have a couple of $50+ Trendnet 'Ritters in use by colleagues.
They work just fine without issues, updates on occasion, etc...

 
Trendnet gets most of its bad name because they are the lowest price.
Therefore, people who only want to pay minimal money buy the cheapest,
lowest 'Ritter they can find, and end up with a Trendnet for virtually free
after rebates.





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From: Ray Brunkow <ray at brunkow.ws>
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Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 10:42:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Leaplist] low end SoHo wifi router/ritter as Bryan likes to call them

 On 3/9/10 10:21 AM, Jesse Rhoads wrote: 
I will second the recommendation of Buffalo.  I got mine
>from newegg a few years back.  They are the best low-cost router out
>there, IMHO.  We've rehashed this brand war many times on this list.  
> 
>Now that Tiger Direct bought CompUSA you may find a deal or two
>there... but haven't looked there  lately so I can't be too sure.
>
>
>Just waiting for someone to start advocating trendnet.  They are
>garbage in my experience, so stay far away.
just how bad is trendnet?


>
>If you want to spend a little more money Netgear is always a
>good value.
>
>
>Good Luck,
>Jesse
>
>
>On Mar 9, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Ray Brunkow wrote:
>
>
>>
>>>>On 3/9/10 9:44 AM, Kevin Inscoe wrote:
>> 
>>I personally like the Buffalo routers. The older ones can support
>>>DD-WRT and variants. They are fairly cheap on ebay. I am watching
>>>several now on ebay under $25
>>>
>>>On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Ray Brunkow <ray at brunkow.ws> wrote:
>>>
>>>I am in need of one.  Prefer under $90 if possible.  I made the mistake of
>>>>buy a D-link DIR-615 the other night.  it was fubar from the factory and has
>>>>bad firmware on it.  impossible to upgrade firmware without a windows
>>>>computer.  So i will be returning said broken device to comp-usa in about
>>>>30min.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions on a low end device.  FYI i only need it to do passthrough
>>>>for my IPCop as it is at most hosting for 2 laptops.  Mine and if a guest
>>>>comes over that is it.  So I do not need real power just something cheap
>>>>with WPA2 encryption that will just bloody well work and also preferably
>>>>from a company that does not outsource its TSR department.  waisted over 3
>>>>hours last night dealing with stupid indians who can not speak english nor
>>>>listen properly to the customer.  refuse to deal with that again.
>>>>
>>>>thanks.
>>>>
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>>>>Raymond L. Brunkow
>>>>5th Degree Black Belt
>>>>Certified Instructor
>>>>Choong Sil Kwan TaekwonDo Federation
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>>>>  
>>fast search of their page came up with a nice looking router that might
>>fit the bill.
>>
>>>>WLI-TX4-AG300N
>>
>>>>trying to find a local retailer for it.  their page says you can buy
>>from staples, but a search of staples web pages turns 0 found items. 
>>oh well.  more searching im sure.
>>
>>
>>
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